Advocates for books that matter.

Submission Guidelines

The Strothman Agency only accepts electronic submissions. Physical query letters will be recycled unopened. Please do not send entire manuscripts or attachments unless requested. All unrequested attachments will be deleted unread. We do not accept or respond to queries via fax or telephone.

For All Query Letters

Please include:

A short synopsis of your work

A short bio

The genre and word count of your manuscript

We are NOT accepting queries for:

adult fiction

poetry

picture books

chapter books

self-help

screenplays

We Specialize In:

history

science

biography

politics

narrative journalism

nature and the environment

current affairs

narrative non-fiction

business and economics

young adult fiction

young adult non-fiction

middle grade fiction

middle grade non-fiction

The Strothman Agency does not charge a reading fee, and every submission is read and considered. All emails received will be immedietly acknowledged with an auto-reply. Due to the volume of submissions we receive, please allow four to six weeks for a response. If we have not replied to your query within eight weeks, we do not feel that it is right for us.

Nonfiction

The Strothman Agency seeks out scholars, journalists, and other acknowledged and emerging experts in their fields.